As the war in Iran continues to escalate, it's fast becoming a battle of numbers. 

40 years ago, when it broke free from Antarctica,  A23a was the largest iceberg in the world - twice the size of London. Scientists have been following it for decades and say it will be gone within weeks. 

In an act of incredible courage, five members of Iran’s women’s football team made a break for freedom last night, and were granted asylum in Australia. Now as the rest of the team begins their journey home, the immigration agent who helped them to make this life changing decision, Nagmeh Danai, shares her story.  

Australia has answered a call for help, deploying wedgetail aircraft and missile systems to the middle east. The US President Donald Trump insists the war with Iran will be over ‘pretty quickly’, But only once the US has, in his words, ‘won enough'. so what does winning enough look like and at what cost to weary allies? 

It's International Day for Women Judges. For years Farah Atahee was a judge in the hardest country on earth to be a working woman - Afghanistan. She was forced to flee the Taliban in 2021 and was resettled in Australia with the help of an international network of women judges. 

The International Day of Women Judges highlights the importance of gender equity in the law and the leadership of women judges in their courts, institutions, and communities.

As the government announces the deployment of a Wedge-tail aircraft and missile systems to the Middle East, the US President Donald Trump insists the war with Iran will be over ‘pretty quickly’. But only once the US has, in his words, ‘won enough', so what does winning enough look like and at what cost to weary allies?

For several days now, Australians have been gripped by the plight of the Iranian women’s football team after their loss to the Philippines in the Asian Cup, which meant their competition was over and they had to head home. 

Home, of course, is a country in the grip of war, Iran. Despite incredible pressure and threats of violence against their family members from within their entourage, at least five players have made a bid for freedom and have been offered humanitarian protection visas by Home Affairs.  

'The worst oil shock in 50 years' - that’s how one former CIA officer has described the stranglehold on the world’s energy supply as the price of a barrel of oil pushes past 100 US dollars for the first time in four years, since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. With Washington unable to clearly articulate an exit strategy or even given a timeline for the conflict analysts like Amena Bakr from Keplr say a prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz could plunge the global economy into recession. 

The Iran’s Women’s Football team’s Asian Cup tournament is over after their defeat by the Philippines. But with the Lionesses under strict surveillance and silenced by their regime chaperones, there’s growing concern they’ll be spirited out of the country without the chance to seek asylum in Australia.    

A new report from the UTS  Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion and the Network for Quality Digital Education is calling on governments to urgently adopt national standards on AI in schools to prevent children losing their cognitive skills and becoming reliant on technology for thinking. 

US President Donald Trump says a rise in 'short term oil prices' is a small price to pay for a nuclear free Iran. It's a bold statement as the world confronts a global oil shock and the prospect of a prolonged shut down of The Strait of Hormuz. 

After refusing to sing the Iranian national anthem in their opening match of the Asian Cup, there are concerns the Iranian women's football team will face serious repercussions on their return home.      

We know that kids and teachers are already using generative A.I in the classroom, with the South Australian and New South Wales governments, already rolling out their own chatbot tools for teaching and learning.